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The state covers an area of 191,791 km 2 (74,051 sq mi), or 5.83 per cent of the total geographical area of India. [17] It is the sixth-largest Indian state by area. [17] Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, is the most widely spoken and official language of the state.
It is the main language of the state of Karnataka, where it is spoken natively by 40.6 million people, or about two thirds of the state's population. There are native Kannada speakers in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu (1,140,000 speakers), Maharashtra (993,000), Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (533,000), Kerala (78,100) and Goa (67,800). [20]
The banner depicts the emblem of the state on a white background. State emblem: Emblem of Karnataka: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಲಾಂಛನ: State motto: Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs) ಸತ್ಯಮೇವ ಜಯತೆ: Taken from Mundaka Upanishad. Inscribed in the Devanagari script. State song "Jaya Bharata ...
The southern Indian state of Karnataka consists of 31 districts grouped into 4 administrative divisions, viz., Belagavi, Bengaluru , Gulbarga, and Mysore.Geographically, the state has three principal variants: the western coastal stretch, the hilly belt comprising the Western Ghats, and the plains, comprising the plains of the Deccan plateau.
Karnataka was the first state in the country to enact the Panchayat Raj Act, incorporating all provisions of the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution. In 2014, Karnataka State Grama Panchayats Delimitation Committee was constituted by the government of Karnataka, with Chairman S G Nanjaiahna Mutt and 6 members.
Karnataka Rajyotsava, also known as Karnataka State Day, is a public holiday celebrated annually on 1 November in the Indian state of Karnataka. It commemorates the merger in 1956 of the Kannada -speaking regions of southwestern India under the States Reorganisation Act to form the state.
Location of Karnataka. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Karnataka: . Karnataka is the 6th biggest, 8th most populous, 13th highest and 16th most literate state of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India.
India became Independent in 1947, and according to the States Reorganization Act, 1956, the Kannada-speaking areas of Hyderabad State, Madras State were unified with Mysore State. The state was renamed as Karnataka in 1973.